topic Re: patch installation in Operating System - HP-UX

patch installation

anand_36 — Thu, 25 Mar 2004 09:24:28 GMT

Hi Guys,
1. I am going to install patches for hp-ux 11.0.
My question is what all precautions i have to take before installing the patches.
2. In HP site he gives patch details with criticallity of the patch. whatever mentioned in hp site patch with critical symbol, does it really affect the system if i install that particular patch.
pl tell me how to start installing the patches.
Thanks in advance.

Re: patch installation

Juan Manuel Naranjo A. — Thu, 25 Mar 2004 09:28:57 GMT

1st : Take Backups & IGnite
2nd: Check for 50% Free space in / and /usr
3rd : PAtch in Single User Mode (This is safer)

Re: patch installation

MarkSyder — Thu, 25 Mar 2004 09:31:06 GMT

If you're installing critical patches (or indeed any patches) it's always a good idea to back up your system first.

Download patches into a dedicated area (/tmp/patches for example) and then create your depot files: vi the downloaded patch (PH****.txt) and then run sh on the resulting file (sh PH****.txt).

If you have any depot files which depend on each other you might like to bundle them using create_depot_hp-ux_11 (for HP-UX 11).

Note that PHKL (kernel) patches reboot your system. Any other patches that will cause a reboot have a picture of a monitor on the download page.

Mark Syder (like the drink but spelt different)

Re: patch installation

Peter Leddy_1 — Thu, 25 Mar 2004 09:38:41 GMT

Hi,

1. As mentioned above

2. If there are critical patches available then they should be installed, one thing to note is that patches will not be installed if they have no reason to be installed on your server.

Check out this link and follow the instructions, the whole process will assess your server's specific needs with regard to patches.

http://www5.itrc.hp.com/service/patch/addUpdateSystemsPage.do?BC=patch.breadcrumb.main|patch.breadcrumb.assess|

Peter

Re: patch installation

anand_36 — Fri, 26 Mar 2004 10:59:23 GMT

Hi guys

I thank all of you for replying.
I am going to install it next week.

Re: patch installation

Lorenzo Facello — Fri, 26 Mar 2004 11:04:17 GMT

Hi,
take a look to this document.
Surely this helps
L.